M3 (album)
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M3 is the third album released by the industrial metal
band Mushroomhead
. It was released in 1999 on their own label. The songs Before I Die, Solitaire/Unraveling, Xeroxed and Born of Desire were later included on both the Eclipse Records and Universal Records versions of XX
in 2001.
Industrial metal
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...
band Mushroomhead
Mushroomhead
Mushroomhead is an American industrial metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 1993 in Cleveland Warehouse District, the band's music can be described as a synthesis of alternative music, heavy metal, and electro-industrial...
. It was released in 1999 on their own label. The songs Before I Die, Solitaire/Unraveling, Xeroxed and Born of Desire were later included on both the Eclipse Records and Universal Records versions of XX
XX (album)
XX is the fourth major label album by industrial metal band Mushroomhead, released in 2001. Originally released through Eclipse Records, where Mushroomhead took classic tracks and re-recorded them. XX was entirely re-recorded and re-released on Universal Records later in the year...
in 2001.
Track listing
- "Before I Die" – 3:12
- "Solitaire/UnravelingSolitaire/Unraveling"Solitaire Unraveling" is a song by American alternative metal/industrial metal band Mushroomhead and the lead single from their major label debut XX in 2001. Their debut single, it is perhaps Mushroomhead's most well known song and is the only track off XX to have a music video...
" – 4:34 - "The New Cult King" – 5:07
- "Inevitable" – 5:02
- "Xeroxed" – 2:55
- "The Final Act" – 4:43
- "Conflict - The Argument Goes On" – 2:41
- "Exploiting Your Weakness" – 4:21
- "Beauteous" – 3:11
- "Born of Desire" – 4:02
- "Dark and Evil Joe" - 12:17 (Track No. 99 on original pressing and includes a collection of soundbites, sound effects and other miscellaneous noise before ending with a prank phone call skit.)
Credits
- J Mann - Vocals, lyrics
- Jeffery Nothing - Vocals, lyrics
- Pig Benis - Bass
- J.J. Righteous - Guitars
- Dinner - Guitars
- Shmotz - Keyboards
- Skinny - Drums and percussion
- Bronson - Samples
- Scott Edgell - Vocals (on tracks 3 and 6)